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cap·stone
(kăp′stōn′)n.
1. The top stone of a structure or wall.
2. The crowning achievement or final stroke; the culmination or acme.
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capstone
(ˈkæpˌstəʊn) orcopestone
n
1. (Building) one of a set of slabs on the top of a wall, building, etc
2. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a chockstone occurring at the top of a gully or chimney
3. a crowning achievement; peak: the capstone of his career.
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cap•stone
(ˈkæpˌstoʊn)n.
1. a finishing stone of a structure.
2. the crowning achievement.
[1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. |  capstone - a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culminationtouch - deftness in handling matters; "he has a master's touch" |
| 2. | capstone - a stone that forms the top of wall or building stone - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
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capstone
n (Archit) (lit, fig) → Schlussstein m; (of wall) → Mauerkappe f
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